WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE: Royal Beatings; Privilege; Half a Grapefruit; Wild Swa [Paperback]

Alice Munro (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books, Toronto; Reprint edition (1991)
• ISBN-10: 0140149775
• ISBN-13: 978-0140149777
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,291,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alice Munro grew up in Wingham, Ontario, and attended the University of Western Ontario. She has published eleven previous books.During her distinguished career she has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including the W.H. Smith Prize, the National Book Circle Critics Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, the Lannan Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and the Rea Award for the Short Story. In Canada, she has won the Governor General's Award, the Giller Prize, the Trillium Book Award, and the Libris Award.Alice Munro and her husband divide their time between Clinton, Ontario, and Comox, British Columbia.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely collection from one of the best, October 22, 2010

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This review is from: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE: Royal Beatings; Privilege; Half a Grapefruit; Wild Swa (Paperback)

The stories collected here can each stand alone as a masterpiece of characterization and originality. Munro's breadth of talent never ceases to amaze.

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful but Melancholy, February 25, 2008

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Cielia Kaufman "Sealy" (Calgary , AB) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Do You Think You Are? (Paperback)

Absolutely mesmerizing. I ended up not being able to read it before bed because it kept me up with a dark and anxious distaste for life. On the bright side, it makes one thankful when you compare yourself to the characters in the book, who are well developed and engaging, although hopeless. I reserved reading it to a brightly lit sunbeam. The book is beautiful and poetic however, and not in any pretentious way, which is refreshing. This is my first Alice Munro book and it surely won't be the last.

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it! On to the next Munro book!, December 19, 1999

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Maureen (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Who do you think you are?: Stories (Hardcover)

I'm 16, and choose this book based on a porject at my highschool. I enjoyed the book very much! So much, that I went to the library and got another one. I am no reading Munro's "Open Secrets" which is absolutly incredable!